प्रभु

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɾəbʱuː]

प्रभु • (prabhu) m

1. master, lord
2. God
3. brother (term of address used among males)
4. A surname, equivalent to the English Prabhu​.

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *prabʰHúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *prabʰHúš, from Proto-Indo-European *probʰHus, from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Cognate with Latin probus (“excellent, good”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɽɐ.bʱú/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɽɐ.bʱu/

प्रभु • (prabhú)

1. (Ved. also ऊ f (वी).) excelling, mighty, powerful, rich, abundant.
2. more powerful than (abl.).
3. having power over (gen.).
4. able, capable, having power to (loc. inf. or comp.).
5. a match for (dat.).
6. constant, eternal.

प्रभु • (prabhú) m

1. master, lord, king (also applied to gods, e.g. to सूर्य and अग्नि RV.; to प्रजा-पति Mn.; to ब्रह्मा ChUp.; to इन्द्र R.; to शिव MBh.; to विष्णु L.)
2. the chief or leader of a sect.
3. a sound, word.
4. quicksilver.
5. name of a deity under the 8th मनु.
6. name of a son of कर्दम.
7. name of a son of शुक and पीवरी.
8. name of a son of भग and सिद्धि.
9. name of a poet.
10. name of several other men HPariṡ.
11. (°भ्वी f. Name of a शक्ति.)

• → Javanese: prabu
• → Telugu: ప్రభువు (prabhuvu)

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899